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Which Way, L.A.?

A Charter School Challenges LA Unified

Hosted by Warren Olney May. 10, 2007
Should Locke High School, one of LA’s poorest performers, be turned over to the charter school organization Green Dot?  A majority of the teachers have signed petitions calling for change although their union is dead-set against the idea. First on Making News, we examine the continuing investigation on the May Day clearing of Mac Arthur Park.

Should Locke High School, one of LA’s poorest performers, be turned over to the charter school organization Green Dot?  A majority of the teachers have signed petitions calling for change although their union is dead-set against the idea. First on Making News, we examine the continuing investigation on the May Day clearing of Mac Arthur Park.

From this Episode:

Update on the LAPD Investigation of the May Day Melee

Heads are rolling at the LAPD as the investigation continues. Meanwhile, eighty-five civic leaders and community groups have asked that all internal records be made public....

Should the LAUSD Have a Lock on Locke High School?

The LA Times reports that a majority of the seventy-three tenured teachers at LA’s Locke High School have signed petitions asking that Green Dot Public Schools take...

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Warren Olney

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Karen Radziner, Vanessa Romo, Frances Anderton, Christian Bordal, Katie Cooper, Dan Konecky

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